camposanto

See also: campo santo

English

Alternative forms

• campo santo

Noun

camposanto (plural camposantos or campisanti)

1. A burial place or cemetery, in Italian- or Spanish-speaking regions.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish camposanto (“cemetery”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cam‧po‧san‧to

Noun

camposanto

1. (Cotabateño, Ternateño, Zamboangueño) cemetery

   Synonym: cementerio

Galician

Etymology

From campo (“field”) + santo (“holy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkampoˈsanto/ [ˌkɑm.poˈs̺an̪.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -anto

Noun

camposanto m (plural camposantos)

1. cemetery

   Synonym: cemiterio

2. churchyard

   Synonyms: adro, sagrado

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “camposanto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “camposanto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “camposanto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Alternative forms

• campo santo

Etymology

Dating back at least to the Camposanto at Pisa, a novel city initiative begun in the thirteenth century. It derives from the Latin, campus sanctus (“holy field”).

Noun

camposanto m (plural campisanti)

1. burial place or cemetery

   Synonym: cimitero

Spanish

Alternative forms

• campo santo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kampoˈsanto/ [kãm.poˈsãn̪.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: cam‧po‧san‧to

Noun

camposanto m (plural camposantos)

1. cemetery

   Synonym: cementerio

Descendants

• → Copala Triqui: sandó
• → Mezquital Otomi: kamposanto

Further reading

• “camposanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025